02.12.2016

On 2 December 2016, a working meeting between the Seed Committee members and N.I. Dzyubenko, Director of N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, took place in Saint-Petersburg. 

The event was aimed at clarifying legal and storage conditions for reference samples that companies must provide to the Institute according to the new requirements for the seed registration procedure. The participants visited N.I. Vavilov’s memorial office and the Institute’s storage.

L–R: Alexander Voichik, KWS; Vadim Mokrousov, Bayer; Georgy Sitnik, Bayer; Tatiana Pozdeeva, German Seed Alliance; Vitaly Pivovarov, Limagrain; Tatiana Belousovich, AEB; Nikolay Dzyubenko, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources; Liudmila Kalyakina, Pioneer Hi-Bred Rus; Boris Makarov, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources; Ekaterina Grishunina, Syngenta.